Bayonet



C. DE MAURMGE.

BAYONET. APPLICATION FILED use. 21', 1921.

Patented June 20, 1922. I

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. CHARLES DE MA'URAIG-E, OF ST. SIXTE, QUEBEC, CANADA.

BAYONET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 20 1922.

' 7 Application filed December 27, 1921. Serial No. 525,222.

1 all whom z t-may concern:

Be it known that Crrnmns nnMAUnArsn, a subject oi. the li 'ing of Great Britain, or St. Sixte, in county Labelle, in the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, has invented certain new and useful improvements in Bayonets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to retractile'bayonets and has for its objects to provide a bayonet designedfto be permanently carried on a gun barrel, to provide a means whereby the bayonet may be readily protruded and subsequentlyretracted, to provide means to lockz'the bayonet blade in the protruding and the retracted position.

Further objects are'to provide'a retractile bayonet which consists of asheath mounted underneath the gunbarrel and within which a blade is slidably mounted to provide a handle slidably mounted on the outer face of the sheath and fastened through the sheath to the blade. To provide a locking means carried by the handle and designed to co-act with the sheath to lock the-blade in the retracted and the protruding positions.

Further objects are to provide a retractile bayonet that is simple in construction, not

liable'to go out of repair and generally adapt the several parts .to better tions required of them. In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of agun barrel, equipped with my improved bayonet in the protruding'position. v

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same showing the blade in the retracted position. Figure 3 is a side elevation 01'? the gun perform the funcbarrel showing the improved bayonet and sheath in longitudinal section.

Figure 1- is a section on the line 4.4l-, F .igure 1.

Figure 5 Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a section on the line 6-6, F i 'ure' 1.

Figure 7 is a ing lever.

Figure 8 is a section on the line 8 8, Figure 3.

In the drawings, like characters of refer ence indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Referring to the drawings:

A represents a gun of any ordinary make consisting of a gun barrel 10 which is prois a section .on the line 5-5,

perspective view of the lockvided on its under part with two longitudinally bevelled ribs 11 designed to be engaged bytwo longitudinally bevelled slots 12 provided on the top part of a cylindrical sheath 17 which may be locked in position by means of the locking pin 14 extending through the ribs 11. The sheath is hollow and its bore is formed in order to match the configuration of the blade which in this case is shown .to be formed of threeribscircular in cross section. The sheath is formed underneath with .a longitudinal slot 15 as shown in Figures 3 and dot the drawings, the purpose of which will be hereafter made clear. The sheath is also provided with two longitudinal slots 16 and17 designed to engage two corresponding ribs 18 and 19 formed on the inner wall of a cylindrical handle 20 designed tobe tastenedto a blade 21 slidably Inounted within the'sheath 13 by means of fastening screws 22 extending through the longitudinal slot 15. Obviously,

by means of this arrangement the slot 15 provides a clear way for the travel of .the

screw 22 with which the handle is equipped and when the blade 21 is desired to be protruded the handle 20 :is 'gripjpedand, pushed forward when its ribs 18 and 19 will slide in the correspondinggrooves 16 and 17 formed on thesheath and;th;e blade 21 will be brought in the position shown in Figure 1 of the drawings. The side-0f the handle 20 is formed with .a longitudinal recess 23 within which is pivotally mounted intermediate of its length as at 24 a lever 25. The lever 25 is formed at one end with-the upwardly extending pin 26 which may be knurled on its top face as shown at 27 and the-opposite end of the lever 25 is formed with a downwardly extending stud 28 which is designed to engage one of the recesses 29 and 30 formed at each end of the sheath 13. The sheath 18 is provided on its side between thetwo recesses 29, and 30 with a longitudinalgroove 31 within which a small wheel mounted on the gun barrel, the blade 21 is .slid within the sheath 18 until the threaded bores, provided therein in order to engage the fastening screw22 of the handle, can be seen through the longitudinal slit 15. The

.handle 20in which the locking lever 25 has the side of the sheath 13.

already been mounted is then slid over the sheath 13 in order that its two ribs 18 and 19 may come in engagement with the two longitudinal grooves 16 and 17 of the sheath when the crew 22 is placed in position in order to lock the handle to the blade 21. The sheath 13 is then mounted underneath the gun barrel by bringing into engagement the ribs 11 of the gun barrel with the grooves 12 of the sheath. The pins 14: are then forced into the transverse bores through the ribs 11 of the gun barrel in order to lock the sheath to the gun barrel. If desired, the pins 14: may be replaced by small screws which may be positioned on each side of the sheath 13 in order to fasten the same to the ribs 11 of the barrel,

Nhen a gun is thus equipped with this 'retractile bayonet and the blade is to be protruded the handle 20 is gripped in one hand and the pin 26 engaged by the thumb. On downward pressure being exerted against the pin 26 the lever 25 will be pivoted on its fulcrum 24 and the pin 28 brought out of engagement from the recess 30. The handle20 is then pushed forward so as to cause it to slide on the sheath 13 and thus bring the blade 21 in protruding position above the sheath 13. During this travel of the handle along the sheath 13 the ribs 18 and 19 will slide within the grooves 16 and 17 and the wheel 32 provided on the pin 28 will travel along the groove 31 formed on When the screws 32 come in engagement with the under wall of the sheath 13' at the end of the slit as shown at 33 the forward movement of the blade 21 will thus be stopped. The grip on the handle and on the pin 26 being released, the lever 25 will be forced to pivot on its fulcrum 24 by the action of a coil spring 34. provided underneath the pin 26 and bearing against the outer face of the sheath 13. This action of the spring 3-1 will force the pin 28 into engagement with the recess 29 provided at the forward end of the sheath 13 and the blade 21 will thus be locked in the protruding position. In order to withdraw the blade 21 into retracted position the actionis reversed and the handle 20 being gripped the pin 26 is depressed in order to disengage the pin 28 from the recess 29 and the handle 20 is pulled back when the blade 21 will be retracted within the sheath 13. It is obvious that by of a gun will not have to carry his bayonet blade attached to his belt when the bayonet is not to be used, as by this arrangement the blade 21 is designed to be permanently car-' ried by the gun barrel 10. It is also obvious that by means of this arrangement a bayonet could easily be provided with every gun so that the hunter ofbig game when in a critical position will have a ready means .ing desi means of this arrangement the user of defending himself without the bayonet being a cumbersome arm to carry.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many widely different embodiments of my invention within the scope of the claims, constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A retractile bayonet comprising in combination with a gun a sheath rigidly mounted underneath the gun barrel ant formed with a longitudinal slot and longitudinal grooves, a handle formed with ribs slidably mounted in the longitudinal grooves, a screw fastening the handle to the blade extending through the longitudinal slot, and means to lock the blade in protruding and retracted positions.

2. A retractile bayonet comprising in combination with a gun a sheath rigidly mounted underneath the gun barrel and formed with a longitudinal slot and longitudinal grooves, a handle formed with ribs slidably mounted in the longitudinal grooves, a screw fastening'the handle to the blade extending through the longitudinal slot, a lever pivotally mounted intermediate of its length in a recess provided in the handle, pins at each end of the lever extending in opposite directions, the pin formed on the lower face of the lever being designed to engage recesses formed at each end of the sheath.

3. A retractile bayonet comprising in combination with a gun barrel a sheath rigidly mounted underneath the gun barrel and formed with a longitudinal slot and longitudinalgrooves, a handle formed with ribs slidably mounted in the longitudinal grooves, a screw fastening the handle to the blade and extending through the longitudinal slot, a lever 'pivotally mounted intermediate of its length in a recess provided in the handle, pins at each endof the lever extending in opposite directions, the pins formed on the lower face of the lever be gned to engage recesses formed at each end of the sheath, and resilient means designed to retain the pins into engagement with one of the recesses.

1. A retractile bayonet comprising in combination with a gun having bevelled ribs formed underneath its barrel, a sheath formed with bevelled grooves designed to engage the ribs, the sheath being. further 2 extending in opposite directions, a small Wheel journalled in the pin formed on the lower face of the lever, the said pin being designed to engage recesses formed at each end of the sheath and resilient means designed to retain the pin into engagement with one of the recesses.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES on MAURAIGE. Witnesses:

NARCISSE BOIVIN, DAMIEN BOIVIN. 

